<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16674" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">Willem Blees</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 03, 2008 10:44 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: numbering keys</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><WBR>Jack<BR><BR>Numbering keys by hand doesn't make the piano look cheap. I number my keys between the balance rail and capstan, to make them less visible. <BR><BR> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, HI<BR>808-349-2943<BR><A href="http://www.bleespiano.com">www.bleespiano.com</A><BR>Author of <BR>The Business of Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter Press<BR><A href="http://www.pianotuning.com">www.pianotuning.com</A></DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Jack Houweling <jackhouweling@dccnet.com><BR>To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 7:19 pm<BR>Subject: numbering keys<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_67c09283-57af-4ba2-aff3-2df8985d3f87> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am rebuilding a keyboard and want to put new numbers on the keys. The originals numbers were very dull and </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>after I cleaned them and lightly sanded them they are no longer visible.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I do not want to pencil mark them with numbers as I think this looks cheap so I want to</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>stamp them. Any methods of stamping keys with ink, or other suggestions?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jack Houweling</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CAAB4B83F984CF-930-373A><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> The Famous, the infamous, the lame - in your browser. <A title=http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014 href="http://toolbar.aol.com/tmz/download.html?NCID=aolcmp00050000000014" target=_blank>Get the TMZ Toolbar Now</A>!</FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>